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FBI special agent sought info on call centre scam from Thane cops

The trail of money which was discussed with the special agent by the police department will also be probed by the US Law enforcement agencies which now points towards Dubai and Gujarat.

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FBI’s special executive, Sohail Daud, visits Thane Police Commisioner Office to meet DCP Crime Parag Manere on Friday
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials on Friday met Thane police in order to exchange information on the sensational bogus call centre racket that was recently busted by the Thane police. Since the syndicate had their members in United States (US) too, Thane police sought help from FBI to identify perpetrators operating from their land, police sources said. As many as 7000 US nationals are believed to have been the victims of the racket.
Suhel Daud, the FBI special agent visited Commissioner of Police, Thane, to discuss details of the scam which was being operated from Mira Road and Gujarat.

The scam, which had been operating in large scale from Gujarat, Noida, Jaipur, and various other cities that have been identified so far, the Federal Bureau of Investigations will be acting tough on the US counterparts after the Thane police shared their modus operandi, in an hour long discussion. The trail of money which was discussed with the special agent by the police department will also be probed by the US Law enforcement agencies which now points towards Dubai and Gujarat.

"We have shared the details with the agent. A detailed report would also be sent to the top bosses of the FBI to investigate the cases as the victims are in the USA. The core team from the FBI could visit us to gather more information and to track the masterminds," said Param Bir Singh, Commissioner of Police, Thane.

"Further action against the masterminds would be taken by the FBI to book the accused held or the masterminds on the American soil," Singh said.

The Thane police department is also probing the roles of two Indians which were held in Leonia in USA for the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) scam. The information which has now been shared by the special agent to the police.

Meanwhile, police sources also stated that US might register offences with regards to the scam in USA.

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